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Roger Tory Peterson

Born

in Jamestown, New York, The United States

August 28, 1908

Died

July 28, 1996

Website

http://www.rtpi.org/

Genre

Ornithology

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Roger Tory Peterson was an American naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator, and held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th century environmental movement.

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Average rating: 4.34 · 9,426 ratings · 519 reviews · 320 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America 4.44 avg rating — 1,911 ratings — published 1980 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Field Guide to Western Birds: A Completely New Guide to Field Marks of All Species Found in North America West of the 100th Meridian and North of Mexico by Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie Peterson (Editor) 4.42 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 1941 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America 4.57 avg rating — 436 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Peterson Field Guide To Wildflowers: Northeastern and North-central North America by Roger Tory Peterson, Margaret McKenny 4.30 avg rating — 330 ratings — published 1968 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild America: The Record of a 30,000 Mile Journey Around the Continent by a Distinguished Naturalist and His British Colleague by Roger Tory Peterson, James Fisher 4.29 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 1955 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Audubon's Birds Of America by Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie Peterson 4.61 avg rating — 125 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Things Reconsidered: My Birding Adventures by Roger Tory Peterson, Bill Thompson III (Editor) 3.88 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peterson First Guide to Birds of North America 4.18 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1986 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peterson First Guide To Insects Of North America: A beginner-friendly field guide to North America's common insects―simplified, illustrated, and ready for young naturalists 4.19 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Field Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe by Roger Tory Peterson, Guy Mountfort, P.A.D. Hollom 4.25 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1920 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The other creatures with which we share this world have their rights too, but not speaking our language, they have no voice, no vote; it is our moral duty to take care of them.”
― Roger Tory Peterson

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“Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.”
― Roger Tory Peterson

tags: birds, flying, freedom, wings

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“If you don't write it down, it never happened.
- Roger Tory Peterson”
― Roger Tory Peterson

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The Overstory by Richard Powers (Pulitzer winner)

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Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution by Anurag Agrawal (biology)

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Wild America: The Record of a 30,000 Mile Journey Around the Continent by a Distinguished Naturalist and His British Colleague by Roger Tory Peterson (nature travel)

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